A stopping point

well, with today in the books, i have run 9 days in a row. nothing to brag about, but that's the most consecutive days i've ever run in row. and i don't plan to get in that 10th day on this go around.

this morning i got in a relaxed 14 w/ the team...er...Muz. we took it pretty easy (737 pace) & were able to see the sun come up as we headed east (from barton hills to rogue). another sunrise on the roads as ken would say.

after a short nap, headed to soco gym to hit up the weights & shake em out. i managed get in 4 painful ones this afternoon. i'm so glad that is over with!

over the last 7 days, i've run 87 miles & got in two quality workouts. pretty good stuff & I could not be happier with where my fitness is currently. next sunday, a baseline will be set & we shall find out exactly where i'm at (when i hit up the runtex 10 miler).

tomorrow, i take a much deserved rest day (in my opinion). until next time...

Uptempo Day

the plan was to run 5 one mile intervals at a 6 min pace (w/ 400 recovery) and conclude w/ a couple 200s to stretch the legs a little more. 2 mile warmup & I was feeling pretty lethargic. my legs were feeling pretty heavy after two sets, so i opted cut it short & only ran 4 of them: 600, 559, 558, 557. however, i decided to get in a couple extra 200s; the goal was to run them 'hard but under control'. i ran a 200, jogged 100, and then walked the back straight away so as to not stay all anaerobic (x 4): 34, 31, 31, 30. 2+ mile cool down & I called it a day -- about 10 miles total.

7 in a row

14 miles this morning. we managed to get our run in before the huge cold/rain front. the weather conditions couldn't have been better: 41 degrees w/ no wind at all. 719 pace for the run. 10 minutes of ice bucket quality time afterward -- the foot has been doing much better, and i'm hoping to be able to cut out the icing routine in the next few days (if all goes well).

Shakin em out

with the holiday activities, i haven't been able to make a gym routine since last monday. today, i got back on track. grabbed an easy 8 along with the weight routine. 725 pace. my legs were just a little ragged from yesterday...actually, they were more tired during the run yesterday than today. truth be told, tired legs are not a bad thing -- having them just means i'm getting my base right (finally).

Sun LR - Week end 8

18 miles w/ Dustin -- started at the apt & ran up to highland mall and back (with a few twists & turns along the way). 714 pace. 10 min in the ice bucket after the fact.

Easy Hr

Easy hr from the crib w/ Dustin. 61 minutes (not sure of the distance, but i know it was at least 8)

Repeatin

Silsbee TX (31 degrees): three mile warm-up to the HS track, 4 intervals w/ 100m recovery in between each mile, and a three mile cool down afterward. Miles were 556, 548, 549, 550. the first one was the hardest and the last one was hard not to close the last 600m. all went well.

foot acted up a little on the cool down. 10 minutes in the ice bucket afterward.